Papa

I like your rope coiling jig. Will have to try that when i get to that point.   I had tapped brads into a block of wood but it was very clumsy.  I am learning that taking time to make a good jig for repetitive tasks is always a good idea. 

I broke a bow sprit on a model, I think it was my AL Harvey model.  Glue and wrapping with heavy black thread made it look fine.  An “at sea jury rig”. 🙂

She continues to look better and better, John,  as she nears completion.  I miss working on my models.  But we are in a condo in Myrtle Beach until the new house is finished.  On the up side, we got our first COVID vaccinations. 

Looks great John.

Looks great!

Looking great John.  I expect it will be April or May before I can get back to my Morgan. Everything is all packed up and we’ll be moving out in a couple of weeks.  But in some ways it’s been nice to take a break from modeling.  
 

ron

here are a couple shots of my Essex, taken around 2006

I purchased my Essex in 1968 give or take.  The “instruction booklet” was about 4 pages.  Like 1 8.5 by 11 sheet cut into fourths. It said something like “here is a bunch of wood.  Shape the hull, use dowels for masts, and thread for rigging. Good luck”. I marched along very slowly as best I could.  In the 80s MS produced a very nice instruction book which helped greatly. In fact I ended up undoing some things and making it better.  I also coppered the hull (I had painted it greenish and was not happy with that.)  Moving along, I was still rigging it in the 2000s. I finally finished so 40 years after I started. 

The BBB website lists multiple complaints similar to the above. 

8 hours ago, John Ruy said:

these things take time. You’ll get there. 

I spent over 40 years off and on on my Essex, MS Yellow Box kit

Real nice work John.  I have not touched my Morgan for weeks with moving preparations. So much to do😬.  I think I may pack her up for the duration.

CDW, you could open your own  hobby store!  😳.  I am a rank amateur stash-wise, I’m sure, with 3 plastic kits and 3 wooden ships in the wait list!

I guess not actually sold, but delivered to a new owner. 

Spray has been sold

In between selling our current house and buying a new smaller place, not much is happening in the shipyard. And I expect that progress will be very slow over the next few months.  I’m afraid I may have to sell off some of my stash because of lack of room in our new home.  😬.  Anyway, I did manage to get the mizzenmast in place.

4 hours ago, grsjax said:

List it on eBay for $100 and it should sell pretty quickly

I thought it would sell quickly on this forum. After all where would you find so many modelers?
I will be happy if someone builds it and has fun.  Anyway, I do have someone interested and I need to check on postage.

Nice work.

Does someone want the Spray for the price of postage?

I have more kits that I can build in what is left of my lifetime and i already have built a Skipjack, so this ship is a bit of a duplicate.

Ron Gove

aka Papa

The kit seems to be of excellent quality, and your work is exemplary .  Beautiful model. 

The mizzenmast is progressing 

Just for information, I jury rigged my own box and shipped to Florida to a good home.  Final cost $63 plus some (a lot) of packing tape and bubble wrap

If you want a real challenge find an old Model Shipways  “Yellow Box” version of the Essex.

I decided to step the masts to test the angle of the shrouds before getting back to the various roofs. Just a tad more sanding on the mizzenmast to get the square section to the required dimensions. 

Great looking model. I hope mine will be as nice. 

21 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

it's a very beautiful model

Thanks. I’ve never been successful with an air brush.  I probably need a good instructor; but you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.